by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: GOD’S SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TO HIS PEOPLE REINFORCES OUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PURPOSES ANDGOD’S IDENTITY AS THE ONE TRUE GOD MAKES CERTAIN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS REDEMPTIVE PURPOSESINTRODUCTION:Today God wants to raise our level of Confidence in His...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: PRIVILEGED ISRAEL (GOD’S SERVANT/MESSENGER) REMAINS DEAF AND BLIND TO GOD’S HEAVY HAND OF DISCIPLINEINTRODUCTION:How is it that our nation today can be so oblivious to our precarious position due to our rejection of God’s moral law and standards for...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE PREDICTED SUCCESSFUL MISSION OF THE IDEAL SERVANT OF THE LORD REINFORCES THE PROVEN SUPERIORITY OF THE TRUE GOD TO IDOLSINTRODUCTION:Remember the Messianic prophecy that Isaiah had delivered in 9:1-7, chap. 11. What a tremendous prospect to look forward...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: REQUIRE ANY SO-CALLED GOD TO PROVE HIS WORTHINTRODUCTION:Our culture loves to try to predict the future. Look at the sports world. Every day there is an entire gambling industry built around the prospect of being able to pick which team will win – and even...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: DESPITE OPPOSITION AND WEAKNESS, GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR AND MUCH CAUSE FOR REJOICINGINTRODUCTION:We are talking this morning about the recovery of Worm Theology. The great theologians and hymn writers of centuries past understood the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
INTRODUCTION: A new year always brings new challenges. But we can lean on the age-old promises of God forNEW STRENGTH AND NEW COURAGE FOR A NEW YEAR. It is time to focus on our Year Verse for 2015 – actually, based on where we are providentially in the Book of Isaiah,...
by Paul Apple | Apr 6, 2020 | Bible-OT
BIG IDEA: THE QUESTION OF ULTIMATE CONTROL BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE SUPREME “I AM”INTRODUCTION:Max Lucado: The House of GodEvery time Satan sets out to score for evil, he ends up scoring a point for good. Consider Paul. Satan hoped prison would silence his pulpit, and...
